“When women are in positions of power, and they’re featured in a women’s magazine like Vogue … they tend to be incredibly unfairly criticized. It’s an incredibly old-fashioned approach. Just because you’re in a position of power, and you look good and you enjoy fashion — does that mean you’re an idiot, or that it’s not seemly to be in a woman’s magazine? If a man is in GQ, they don’t get the same kind of criticism.”
-Anna Wintour speaks the truth in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Anna Wintour: ‘Just because you’re in a position of power and you enjoy fashion does that mean you’re an idiot?’
Wintour Loves Nicki Minaj, Jay Z to Design Nets Uniforms, SJP Covers S Moda, Alexander Wang at Dior?
Jay-Z is going to design the basketball uniforms for the Brooklyn Nets. He’s been working with Adidas in choosing the new colors and logo for the team. [Baller Status]
Sarah Jessica Parker appropriately channels the styles of matadors and flamenco dancers in the latest issue of S Moda. [FGR]
So, that cafe that John Galilano had his gross, drunken, Hitler praise-session is apparently super popular now. A cafe-goer says: “I had heard this was the place to go because of the chic kids and artists who come here but after what happened with Galliano, this place was a must.” [NYT]
As rumored, Carine Roitfeld is getting her very own magazine and it will launch next September. [Fashionologie]
Kiss Nails and Dita Von Teese have teamed up to create press-on nails in that half-moon design Dita’s famous for wearing. [Telegraph UK]
Fergie takes out her weave and goes way lighter and she looks a million times better. [Hollywood Life]
Rachel Zoe arrives in Paris for Fashion Week with 11 pieces of luggage. Jeeze, and we thought we were bad. [Daily Mail UK]
Tyra Banks on Harvard: “I think they make it hard on purpose.” [Huffington Post]
An NYC apartment that Karl Lagerfeld bought, but may have never lived in is up for sale. [Curbed]
LVMH has their eye on Alexander Wang and now rumors are saying he will be succeeding Galliano at Dior. It’s most likely bullshit and LVMH is probably interested in Wang’s namesake label instead. [Vogue UK]
Nicki Minaj was personally invited to the Oscar De La Renta fashion show by Anna Wintour. After the show, Anna sent Nicki a photo of the two in the front row saying: “We match!” about their outfits, but they totally don’t. [NYDN]
Rihanna got kicked off a farm in Northern Ireland where she was filming a video because she was dressed too skanky. [BBC]
Haute Spots: Condé Nast is opening a Vogue Café in Kiev and GQ Bar in Istanbul. Totally jealous. [WWD]
Steven Tyler‘s 22-year-old daughter Chelsea Tyler has signed with IMG Models. [WWD]
More about Christian Louboutin‘s coffee table book. [Telegraph UK]
Anna Wintour: “I don’t think of myself as a powerful person.”
I get what you make in ten years, in two days.
“I don’t think of myself as a powerful person. You know, what does it mean? It means you get a better seat in a restaurant or tickets to a screening or whatever it may be. But it is a wonderful opportunity to be able to help others, and for that I’m extremely grateful.”
-Anna Wintour tries to make us feel better about our lives.
Anna Wintour Talks Digital Fashion [Video]
Who run the world? Me obvi.
After winning a Webby award for vogue.com for people’s choice in fashion, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour sat down with CNN to talk about the fashion industry and new media.
On Print vs. Digital:
“I think what we bring to the website is really what we bring to the print version of Vogue, which is our access and our authority and very tough editing. I think the website compliments the print version of the magazine and vise versa. I think they both offer very different experiences to the reader. One is a fantastic visual experience where you look at the photography and read the articles that you can’t see anywhere else. And you can carry it around with you and enjoy it for months at a time. And I think you go to the website for a very different experience — instant information, access…it’s much more instantaneous, yet still edited with the Vogue eye.”
On the transition of fashion on the internet:
“I remember when we ?rst tried to get seats for people at the shows. The internet people were put like in the twentieth row, if they were lucky, at a Chanel show. And we were told things like, you can only put ?ve looks up because we don’t want anything to be copied. And then you fast forward to today and for whatever reason if we don’t put up a collection on the website they’re calling us up to complain. So, you know, obviously we learned with the internet explosion. I mean, we were as naïve as everyone else but we saw it grow. We saw it grow when we were at Style.com and then when we branched off onto our own website, you know, it was even more of an engrossing and interesting experience.”
Lady Gaga Called Anna Wintour a Bitch via Text But It Was An Accident
Oops, sorry. Wrong Anna!
“When I was told I won this award, Anna Wintour sent me a text message. She text messages. So she sent me a text message, and it said, ‘We’re so excited to tell you you won the CFDA fashion icon award. And I actually thought it was Anna Treblin, who was one of my very close friends and [my stylist] Nicola’s assistant, who I go out and have drinks with all the time. So I have a couple Annas in my phone, so my reply was, ‘Yes, bitch, we did it.’ So quite quickly I got a reply that said, ‘How lovely, and we will all be waiting to see what you will wear.’ And then I thought, ‘Well won’t you be helping me choose what I will wear?’ And then I said, ‘Oh! it’s Anna Wintour.‘”
[The Cut]
Fashion Lovers Rejoice! Do Yourself a Favor and Watch Bill Cunningham New York
Last night a friend and I decided we were in the mood to catch a movie and if you’ve seen movie listings this week, you know the stuff that’s airing at the mainstream cinema is disappointing so we opted to go our the local indie/foreign theatre to watch Bill Cunningham New York, a documentary about The New York Times “On the Street” photographer.
While some of you may not recognize his name, you are surely familiar with Bill’s work and in this film we learn how Cunningham got his start as fashion’s pioneering and most-respected street style photographer as well as personal look into the absolutely adorable, 80-something-year-old man’s life.
If that didn’t get you excited, Anna Wintour, who happens to be a total softy when it comes to Bill Cunningham makes a cameo in the film as well as Tom Wolfe, Patrick McDonald, Annette De La Renta (Oscar’s wife), Carmen Dell’Orefice, Michael Kors and Editta Sherman.
Warning: You will fall in love with Bill and have the urge to hunt him down on his little bike and squeeze him…hard. And let me just tell you…you haven’t seen anyone light up when they talk about fashion like Bill does and his passion had me shedding a few tears. Yeah, I know. I’m a big wussy.
Rating: 5/5
In Case You Missed It: Anna Wintour’s Special on Bloomberg TV [Full Episode]
For those of you who didn’t catch Anna Wintour’s documentary in the Bloomberg TV series Game Changers, the network has posted the full episode online. Her ambition is so damn inspiring. Did you guys know she was a high-school dropout? Mmmm hmm.
[Bloomberg]
Set Your DVR: Bloomberg TV Airs Special About Anna Wintour Tonight
Bloomberg Television? Me? Tune in? Never in a million years until today of course. Anna Wintour will be on a Bloomberg series called Game Changers tonight at 8p.m. EST. Tweet us if you tune in.
Check out a preview of the show here!
Quote Du Jour: Marc Jacobs Can’t Say No to Wintour
Don't eff with me Marc!
-Marc Jacobs tells WSJ.
Quote Du Jour: Anna Wintour Thinks Americans Can Afford a Better Sense of Humor
You b*tches bore me.
“They always have a sense of humor, and that’s something we could afford to have a little bit more of here in the States.”
-Anna Wintour compares British Fashion to ours in the states.
Anna Wintour is Très Obsessed With Her Chanel Camel-Colored Coat
The original gangster, Anna Wintour, busted a FFP the other night at The NYC and Company Foundation Awards Gala sporting the same tan-colored Chanel haute couture FW ’10 coat she wore to the fashion house’s Spring ’11 ready to wear show in October. It also appears as though she’s wearing the same boots. Hey, if Anna can be a repeat offender so can everyone else.
Blake Lively and Christian Louboutin Are Soooo BFFs For Life
We knew Blake Lively loved Louboutin enough to buy 40 pairs of shoes at one of his boutiques the other day but we had no idea they were totes best friends. Blake was spotted being way friendly with Christian Louboutin at the 24th Annual Footwear News Achievement Awards of course donning one his designs paired with a Prabal Gurung dress. Think her other BFF Anna Wintour feels replaced?
